A patient presents with high fever, teeth-chattering chills, pleuritic pain, and a cough producing rust-colored sputum. What pathogen should be suspected?
a. Chlamydia pneumoniae
b. Legionella pneumoniae
c. Mycoplasma pneumoniae
d. Pneumococcal pneumoniae
Q. 2 What term is used to describe objects capable of transmitting infection through physical contact with them?
a. Consolidates
b. Contaminants
c. Fomites
d. Vectors
Q. 3 In what type of pneumonia is diarrhea a common symptom?
a. Cytomegalovirus
b. Klebsiella
c. Pneumococcal
d. Staphylococcal
Q. 4 Which of the following symptoms is typical for pneumococcal pneumonia?
a. Foul-smelling sputum
b. Low-grade fever
c. Minimal sputum production
d. Pleuritic chest pain
Q. 5 What is the most common identified cause of community-acquired pneumonia?
a. Haemophilus influenzae
b. Legionella pneumophila
c. Staphylococcus aureus
d. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Q. 6 Which of the following types of pneumonia suggests that the patient acquired it because of the reactivation of a latent infection, often in the setting of immunosuppression?
a. Cytomegalovirus
b. Haemophilus influenzae
c. Histoplasmosis
d. Staphylococcus
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